JavaScript

this binding in JavaScript

JavaScriptObjectsthis keywordintermediate

What this snippet does

Regular functions in callbacks get their own this (usually undefined in strict mode); arrow functions inherit this from the class.

Expected output

broken: NaN
fixed: 1

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